This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica . For context, see History of Jamaica .
8-552: Priory School may refer to several schools: Jamaica [ edit ] Priory School (Kingston) United Kingdom [ edit ] England [ edit ] Priory School, Isle of Wight , an independent school in Whippingham, Isle of Wight Priory School, Lewes , a comprehensive secondary school in Lewes, Sussex Harris Academy Orpington , formerly The Priory School,
16-658: A comprehensive secondary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire The Priory School, Shrewsbury , a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire United States [ edit ] Saint Louis Priory School , a Roman Catholic boys' school in St. Louis, Missouri Woodside Priory School , a Roman Catholic school in Portola Valley, California, known locally as The Priory Other uses [ edit ] The Adventure of
24-635: A comprehensive secondary school in Orpington, London Borough of Bromley Priory School, Portsmouth , a secondary school in Southsea, Hampshire Priory Community School , a secondary school in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset Priory Preparatory School , Banstead, Surrey The Priory School, Dorking , a comprehensive secondary school in Dorking, Surrey The Priory School, Hitchin ,
32-464: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Governors of Jamaica Jamaica was claimed for Spain in 1494 when Christopher Columbus first landed on the island. Spain began occupying the island in 1509, naming it Santiago . The second governor, Francisco de Garay , established Villa de la Vega, now known as Spanish Town , as his capital. In 1655, an English force led by Admiral Sir William Penn and General Robert Venables seized
40-498: The Governor of Jamaica Hugh Clarence Bourne to replace the previous building destroyed in the 1907 Kingston earthquake . This previous building had been in use as a rectory and it was in allusion to this that the name "Priory" was chosen for the new building. This Jamaica -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Caribbean school-related, college or other education institution article
48-744: The Priory School , a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Royal and Prior School , in Raphoe, Ireland, created by a 1971 merger of the Royal School in Raphoe and the Prior School in Lifford [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
56-401: The latter under the name Priory High. It was founded in 1944 as "The Priory House" by Henry Fowler , a Jamaican Rhodes scholar, political activist and patron of the arts and educational causes. Fowler was Priory's headmaster from its founding until his retirement in 1973. Priory originally consisted of just one building, a former private residence "The Priory". This had been built in 1907 by
64-563: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory_School&oldid=1125344846 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Priory School (Kingston) The Priory School in Kingston , Jamaica teaches kindergarten , primary and secondary students,
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